[Auto] Citroën prepares the return to the market of its C5 saloon three years after removing it

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"The C5 is a splendid reality, a really important model for us," said Citroën product manager Laurence Hansen.

 

 

 

 

Citroën has confirmed the production since next year of a third generation of the C5, the saloon that manufactured between 2001 and 2007 in a first edition and in a second between 2008 and 2017, until the double chevron turned towards the most certain success, that it was in the SUVs and not in the three-body cars. This new version of the C5 would not enter dealerships until the end of next year or already in 2022, although in the current world situation talking about dates means speculating without firm foundations. What is ratified by the brand is that the project is well advanced.

Citroën's strategy of deleting this type of sedan from its catalog has been exhausted. The C5 was not in the plans nor in the long term in May 2018. "It is not a strategy, but we must adapt to what the customer demands," argued Linda Jackson, then CEO of Citroën (last January she was replaced by Vincent Cobée) . A year and a half later, the executive assured: "To be credible as a global brand, we must have a range of vehicles that covers all segments. Citroën has as much credibility as any other manufacturer to offer a large car. We will not make it a very traditional way. We'll have one. There's a market for it, and it will be out in a couple of years. "

 

A new C5 is in the definition phase after its metamorphosis in SUV (C5 Aircross) reaped acceptable results in the dealerships since 2018. They assure that, neither by construction nor by engines (with the obvious intention that it has hybrid plug-in versions and 100% electric), will resemble the old half saloons with the same name.

The legendary hydrosuspension of the Citroën C5 will pass into oblivion and for this resurrection the lines of the CXperience prototype presented three and a half years ago at the 2016 Paris Motor Show will be taken into account. space well worked.

According to Laurence Hansen, Product Manager at Citroën, the new C5 "is a splendid reality, a really important model for us." It will be built on the EMP2 platform where PSA Group models such as the Peugeot 508, the Opel Grandland X or the DS9 are manufactured, the premium brand that drank from the sources of the C5 in its sedans.

 

The first generation of the Citroën C5 did not meet expectations at the time, but the figures, always around 100,000 annual units registered in Europe (and a peak of 157,000 in 2002) would be magnificent today. In 2007, before handing over to the next generation, it narrowly topped 70,000, which was considered a lousy result. The second generation, which deserved the best marks in security, was always below 90,000 units, with a setback directly proportional to the global economic crisis that accompanied this second installment of the C5. In 2017, neither 5,000 sales, while the C5 Aircross reached 100,000 in its first year of life.

Edited May 21, 2020 by YaKuZa--BoSs
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